Terror has 8 legs.
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Cast
Claude Akins
Bert Springer
Charles Frank
Joe Harmon
Deborah Winters
Cindy Beck
Bert Remsen
Mayor Douglas
Sandy McPeak
Pat Hingle
Doc Hodgins
Tom Atkins
Buddy
Howard Hesseman
Fred
Bill Erwin
Mr. Schneider
Matthew Labyorteaux
Matthew
Alex Colon
Hector
Penelope Windust
Gloria Beasley
Anita Keith
Mary
Iris Korn
Dorothy
Nancy Burnett
Teacher
Noelle North
Honey Lamb
Jerome Guardino
H.L. Williams
Bill Striglos
Ralph
Steve Bonino
Spud
John Medici
Driver
Laird Williamson
Smitty
Pepe Serna
Migrant Worker (uncredited)
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- Release Date 12/28/1977
- Language English
- Director Stuart Hagmann
- Writers John Groves, Guerdon Trueblood
- Editor Corky Ehlers
- Cinematographer Robert L. Morrison
- Producers Paul Freeman, Alan Landsburg
- Company Alan Landsburg Productions
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Dec 28, 1977 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Nov 17, 1981 | Theatrical | 16 |
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